OpenWRT - x86 PC Installation - Live USB

[@TrevorEMPF]

You Guys are amazing for the knowledge, which inspired me to try it myself! Wish you the best!

[@VanTechCorner]

Thanks for the comment. If you need to find something related to OpenWRT, here is the playlist with more than 80 videos kzbin.info/aero/PL58__w3t_eTbcBQ9oJ8jXCxPtBiac59vC

[@randyrodriguez680]

Great tutorial! Just two things I’d like to mention. First is it would be a good idea to keep the default lan port rather than switch it. If you ever need to reset your router to default, you wont need to replug everything. Second is after installing, you can use luci web configuration right away. Thanks for the great content. Keep it up!

[@VanTechCorner]

Good point and thanks for the feedback. OpenWRT give you full root access and you can customize everything according to your usage. However, to make thing simple for beginner, I didn't change the ifname on OpenWRT and swap the cable to another network port on the router PC. You can use Luci to configure as long as the cable is connected to the correct LAN port, but imagine your router PC has more than 2 ports, you may need to figure out what is the WAN port and what are the LAN ports. I believe that most of the viewer of this video is new, so just some more information on CLI that could help them later on. (I has been using OpenWRT for more than 4 years but just started to work with CLI recently).

[@randyrodriguez680]

Van Tech Corner That makes sense. Thanks again for the great content.

[@VanTechCorner]

Thank you for the support too!

[@khmf1]

I remember helping a bit with Facebook on this. This is why we should keep our older motherboards to get our own Central Office

[@alvinzantua3829]

Great Video!

[@VanTechCorner]

Thank you!

[@JonasWhatley]

Hey, great job on the video! I've been watching a few of your videos and they're all great. I'm not a beginner with OpenWRT, but I have been looking around for some good videos to watch about it. I've been looking for a new firewall server because mine is quite loud. The one I'm using is an HP Proliant ML110g7 which has good specs, and dual nics, but it is very loud under regular use. What is the one you are using in these videos? Did you build it or does it come built?

[@VanTechCorner]

Hey, thanks for the comment. The PC on the video was purchase from China taobao, it was an old PC running Intel D525 CPU. However, if you want a low-noise and low-power consumption, I have one suggestion - the HP T620P kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGrLk2eqarWLopY

[@adelkhalifa1104]

I'm really glad that I've found this channel, great work! May you discuss lantiq modems which I believe it's the only modem chipset supported by openwrt. I need to figure out how to tune settings like SRA, Bitswap, Vectoring and G.INP also is it really possible to tweak snr target?

[@VanTechCorner]

Hi, thank you for the feedback. Unfortunately, I don't have the device with me. Can tell me the exact model so that I can take a look, or a link to the device tech data on Openwrt would be great.

[@adelkhalifa1104]

@@VanTechCorner I have TP-Link W8980, but check this out; openwrt.org/docs/techref/hardware/soc/soc.lantiq

[@VanTechCorner]

Hey, I haven't work with this before, but I can try to assist you. Could you log a case in here and provide all the detail about your set up and how would you want to tune the setting? vantechcorner.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/2

[@n8lbv]

Does this come with a web interface and all of the wireless device drivers built in? Or is this just the very beginning and you have to add all those items manually? Is squashfs better for install to USB and less writes to the filesystem? I don't think the video really covered why the EXT4 vs quashfs choice rather than the size limitation. Thanks!

[@tutorialchannel2677]

thanks , much helped me

[@VanTechCorner]

Glad to hear that!

[@kuyavenzinfovlog]

hi bro like to much your video. just to clarify the x86 is the ubuntu server, is that correct?

[@l0unny]

Thank you.

[@VanTechCorner]

You're welcome! There are other tutorials about networking and OpenWRT on the channel. Feel free to check and thanks for support!

[@tonebaxter]

Nice!👍🏾

[@VanTechCorner]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@IrishNomad]

I am installing on a mini pc and am unsure how to setup the other 2 physical LAN ports in the interface config. Do I create a new interface and copy the br-lan interface settings?

[@thyagorodriguesalvarez5264]

thanks a lot!

[@VanTechCorner]

You're welcome! Merry Christmas! By the way, there are other OpenWRT tutorial on my channel, feel free to check them out!

[@Treeck57]

Thank you for showed how to set up x86 PC installation! However, I have a couple questions. I've been experienced using OpenWRT on my Netgear R7800 with SQM on. It worked very well, but I never tried it on x86 PC. I'm planning to turn my old Ryzen 1700X with an intel 4 ports nic card into a router since I already got a 3700X. Is there any tutorial about how to install OpenWRT image into a 64GB SSD permanently? I'm a bit fairly average with linux terminal, so I'm still learning.

[@VanTechCorner]

Hello, there is a tutorial on installing OpenWRT to HDD and expand the partition. You can find this video on the channel. Here is the link to it kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYCvn2V-ZquNe6s

[@nikhileshkumar4199]

Thank you for such an amazing video. I am running two ISPs win MWAN3 but only one ISP is giving ipv6. opnwrt is unable to assign ipv6 to the devices. Please help!!

[@lukasz99a]

Great video. What is the mini x86 hardware?

[@VanTechCorner]

Hey, it is a 2nd computer set with Intel D525 chipset. If you plan to build one, looks for the J1800 or J1900 for better performance.

[@andyzhao4034]

I have copied your operation，but it seems that my PC‘s network card can't be recongnized. What should I do？

[@dataandroid2036]

Hallo, how can i install "Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz" Network Adapter? I have installed the Driver and nothing happend. Where ist my mistake?

[@AbdulLatif-pe2jf]

Woww be first 👍👍👍

[@VanTechCorner]

🎉 Wow, you wake up so early in the weekend. Thanks for supporting, mate!

[@AbdulLatif-pe2jf]

@@VanTechCorner because i have a lot device using an openwrt😎😎 so i so love your content bro 😎😎

[@nikkam3176]

Hi, can you make a video with a wifi6 card working on openwrt x86 hardware? Thanks.

[@kparoboorugbo9249]

please can someone help. i am new to openwrt, i want to install into a hyper-v vm. what do i need? iso or vhd file. if vhd how do i get it

[@sirizalot]

Hi, I might be missing basic information here, but please bear with me - do I need an external modem in order to connect the router to the internet via the phone line?

[@VanTechCorner]

Hi, you will need a modem with RJ45 network port. This port will be connected to one of the network on your x86 OpenWRT PC (WAN port).

[@MrStarTraveler]

Wait! that's it? So OpenWRT runs form the installation thumb drive? At least that's how I understand it.

[@CraneckScape]

Thank you for this. Just a question. I have a single board with intel with only one LAN, however if I plug a USB-Lan adapter will it work as second lan?

[@VanTechCorner]

Hi it should work but you need to install the driver for it. May I know the model of the USB Ethernet adapter?

[@CraneckScape]

@@VanTechCorner Hi, sure. The model is TpLink UE330. I fear if the router firmware disable the USB ports, then I cannot install /deploy the USB Ethernet Adapter. I appreciate your help and suggestions. Thank you.

[@VanTechCorner]

@@CraneckScape It should work by installing package kmod-usb-net-rtl8152. You will need an internet connection to update the list and download this package. Connect your Pi to the internet, use keyboard and mouse to run "opkg update" and "kmod-usb-net-rtl8152". After that, the device should show up in "ifconfig".

[@CraneckScape]

@@VanTechCorner great! I will do it. Thanks for the help friend!

[@Error-by9ik]

@Van Tech Corner please make a video about how to disable wan interface automatically at specific time everyday in openwrt thanks

[@VanTechCorner]

Okay, it had been added to the list and I will have a check on this.

[@jasonkung98]

Hi! I would like to ask some questions. 1. It's not compulsory to use USB sticks to make it a bootable drive for OpenWrt right? Any other methods than that? 2. If I want to install OpenWrt on my running file sharing server, must I backup all the files in it before doing that? As I seemed to see that it says writing image files will delete the contents inside the drive. If so, how I can do it in the proper way? Thank you!

[@VanTechCorner]

1. You can install OpenWRT on HDD/SSD/eMMC storage and it should work just fine. On my channel there is a video guide for hard drive installation, you can take a look. The video can be outdated, but the link to the official docs on the video description should be up-to-date 2. I don't really understand your question....Maybe you can read through the way to install OpenWRT first.

[@jasonkung98]

@@VanTechCorner Hi, thanks for replying again! 1. Did you tried installing Windows Server (any version is fine) instead of Finnix? 2. I have a PC running Windows server which we used as file sharing over users in the company. But if i would like to install OpenWRT for experimental purposes (or for general monitoring), must I backup all the data inside? I heard installing the image directly to it may format the drive.

[@VanTechCorner]

1. Are you talking about install OpenWRT into the hard drive? If yes, any OS will work just fine, as long as it allow you to write the OpenWRT image to the hard drive 2. For experimental purposes, you don't need to install it on the hard drive. OpenWRT will boot from the USB or microSD card and after that it is running on RAM. You can just unplug your hard drive from the server to be sure. However, if you are running some type of RAID, don't touch it.

[@jasonkung98]

@@VanTechCorner Sorry for the late reply. 1. I plan to build a functional server that monitors router status using Zimaboard like I informed you, so I would like to install openwrt directly on its emmc storage. I want to know if it's possible to run it without installing any OS? 2. Can you clarify on the part "You can just unplug your hard drive from the server to be sure."? What's the part that I need to confirm again? Thanks again!

[@norwindaveramirez6089]

Nc Idea, Lods How flash in usb mode boot fail safe openwrt router

[@ichamachtir7609]

thanks, what is the model & brand & cpu of your device ?

[@VanTechCorner]

Hey, it is just a mainboard from China powered by the Intel D525 CPU. I have another x86 setup with the Intel Xeon & Intel PCIE ethernet card kzbin.info/www/bejne/ematqaWEnLGGpKM&ab_channel=VanTechCorner

[@akebaru3401]

thank you for this. but if i using old laptop with windows 7, is there any problem with my data and software in windows 7 when using my laptop as openwrt? thankyou

[@VanTechCorner]

Hi, there is no problem with the data on the HDD. However, we need to check if the driver of the network adapter of the adapter is available in the openwrt x86 image or not. If not, you will have to build your own firmware.

[@akebaru3401]

@@VanTechCorner ok thankyou so much😄

[@Bongdenrang]

I need it Thank

[@VanTechCorner]

Thank you Vinamilk.

[@viewtorelax5474]

Good video, can I have the link to the command list for openwrt ?

[@VanTechCorner]

Hi, it is on the video description.

[@glennperete]

A tutorial on openwrt+raspberry pi+managed switch, please

[@VanTechCorner]

Hey, thanks for the comment. I don't have raspberry, perhaps I will do a network setup with single NIC router and managed VLAN. I will check if I could afford a raspberry.

[@alvinzantua3829]

yes, yes, yes!!!

[@gghehe6106]

Can we install the openwrt image on hdd? I don't want boot from USB

[@VanTechCorner]

Yes we can, there is a tutorial for openwrt hdd installation on the channel.

[@bnrid8086]

you can write it direct to hdd with physdiskwrite software

[@agungdwicahyadi386]

I hope you and your family are always healthy. please info the specs of the computer you are using. Thank you. greetings healthy always from Indonesia

[@VanTechCorner]

Hi, this is an x86 PC powered by the Intel D525 CPU. I found this on taobao market place (similar to aliexpress). If you plan to buy, get a 5 ports router with Intel J1800/J1900 CPU for a better performance.

[@siswantohardiansyah650]

Can you help me ? My eth1 can't show

[@VanTechCorner]

Hi, if you have only 1 network port, it should show as "eth0" instead of "eth1"

[@Djakobinodjk]

Hi Van I hope You Ok man listen im stuck with my IPV6 settings on my ZOTAC ZBOX-CI323NANO i did ipv6 test failed im on BT fiber uk any tips please thank you...

[@VanTechCorner]

Hey, I am not really understand your problem. Does BT fiber support IPv6. If yes, what is the protocol for the internet (PPPoE/ DHCP)? Can you tell me how the internet was setup up before, and what is the current problem in detail. If this comment section is not enough to post the photo/log, you can join FB group Van Tech Corner and Friends and share it there.

[@Djakobinodjk]

@@VanTechCorner DHCP setup yes BT does support ipv6.mini pc is connected to BT hub I dont have Facebook anymore...

[@VanTechCorner]

Do you have the WAN6 interface in DHCPv6 as well?

[@Djakobinodjk]

@@VanTechCorner yes i am reinstall again openwrt again now

[@VanTechCorner]

Good luck!

[@wanahmadaizuddin8604]

Bos,u can in bahasa melayu?

[@bingxi7236]

请问您使用的什么cpu？

[@VanTechCorner]

是在淘宝买的 Intel D525 电脑

[@ytbae1786]

ping : bad address 'google.com' , someone please help me to fix this issue

[@VanTechCorner]

Hey, check your WAN interface and see if it is in correct mode (DHCP, PPPoE or static IP). If it is static IP, don't forget to add the gateway and DNS server. option gateway 'yourrouter.gateway' option dns '8.8.8.8' Something like this.

[@ytbae1786]

@@VanTechCorner forgoted to setting ipv4 gateway, dhcp and dns 😂😂

[@sitwazheng]

xeon L5408 是否可以运行

[@VanTechCorner]

可以，L5408 支持 OpenWRT x86/64. 以前我有试过L5630 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ematqaWEnLGGpKM

[@sitwazheng]

@@VanTechCorner谢谢😃

[@richardgomes5420]

Great video. Thanks a lot. My only criticism is in regards to your accent which, due to your native language, "swallows" many consonants, many phonemes and most of word endings. The next two lines is how you sound to me and, believe me, I have to turn on a "fill in the blanks" engine in my brain in order to understand what you mean. Le me ri on senense or to jus to sho yu wo difficu it is fo me unesan you. Yo swal the "D"s and "T"s of man wor. Yo al swal th end of ma wo. Super challenging! I hope you take this criticism as my humble contribution for better videos in future. The technical content and quality is already great. You "just" need to improve the pronunciation, which is easily said than done... I know.

[@VanTechCorner]

Hi, this video was recorded around 2 years ago. Can you check the recent videos and advise if there is any improvement on this?

[@richardgomes5420]

@@VanTechCorner Hi. Thank you so much for your reply. Your channel is really a golden pot of interesting stuff. I was watching a recent video of a 2.5Gb network card. Really nice! Regarding the pronunciation, I can clearly hear that you are speaking with pauses and pronouncing definitely better. I was able to understand everything, despite that you are still "swallowing" consonants or even entire phonemes. Man, your native language will live with you forever. The only way to improve (by my experience and some other people's experiences too) is when you start to mock native English speakers. It's like if you were trying to bully them, making the same funny sounds they do, trying to mock the way they speak just for fun... pure mockery... but, what happens is that... the more you mock them, the more they say your pronunciation is improving. I know that some Asian languages do not have P, F, R or L, or other consonants, depending on the language... so, it's difficult to pronounce something you've never pronounced before. In the West, we have German (and other Germanic languages) which are tricky to pronounce. When I was studying German with a native German speaker, the man said my pronunciation was very good... then I've told him that I was mocking Germans... trying to make the same sounds they make... and then he said: yes... that works! German is challenging because there are lots of sounds I don't have in my native language. German is really "rich" when it comes to phonemes. But back to my hint, hoping that I can help you somehow: Just "mock" native speakers, just try to make the same funny sounds they make. Man, it works! Once again, thanks a lot for your message and for your excellent channel. Kind regards. :-)

[@richardgomes5420]

In the video below you can hear a German girl speaking several languages, playing with the idea of mocking the way they sound. She also speaks the same work in German, but employing a soft accent, which is not common in German. She has several videos talking about the challenges of "smoothing" her harsh German accent when she moved to the USA. You can compare her old videos with the new ones, where she absolutely dropped her original accent. Have fun! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnnIgKKlfbmqmbs